Goals:
- Read 20 books
- Read from unfamiliar genres
- Read a book from at least ten different countries
- Turkey (1)
- India (1)
- Australia (1)
- U.S.A. (3)
I’m embracing different ways of reading this year
I was always one of those kids who always had a book at hand. Books were like my safety blanket, I always had to have one, even if I wasn’t reading it. As my life becomes so much busier and nomadic, physical books are, sadly, less practical. Late last year, I started trying out ebooks and audiobooks through the Scribd app. It’s a great way to keep on top of my reading without carrying around a space-taking tome.
Plus, audiobooks are great for the train home from work. My eyes can rest while my mind wanders. 🙂
Books I’ve read so far in 2017:
- The Well at the World’s End | A.J. Mackinnon
- Truthwitch | Susan Dennard
- Pink Sari Revolution: A Tale of Women and Power in the Badlands of India | Amana Fonatella-Khan
- Three Daughters of Eve | Elif Shafak
- A Darker Shade of Magic | V. E. Schwab
- Rise of the Sparrows | Sarina Langer
Currently reading:
And I Darken | Kiersten White
What format works best for you? Are you a traditionalist or have you embraced the new technologies?
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I was pulled to the Kindle dark side way back in 2011 or 2012 and I have never looked back. Audio books are a bit newer for me, I think I’ve only really got into them in the last 18 months or so. A lot of it had to with them being so expensive, and the free ones were always a bit dodgy, but now that there are so many digital libraries, it’s a lot easier! (I still don’t understand Audible, though).
How are you finding And I Darken? I gather it’s rather intense.
It is intense but I’m liking it so far. And yeah, audiobooks can be expensive but with sribd I pay like $13 a month for multiple ebooks/audiobooks so i usually splurge and read a tonne then suspend my account for a few months 😛
I love audiobooks, but I’ve always had them growing up. I can’t quite get on with ebooks, but maybe I should check out scribd (not that I need another subscription). I still mostly prefer a good old physical book though!
I really got into them coz it takes up less room on peak hour trains 😛
Very true!
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